Human influence on tropics predates Anthropocene, holds clues to current crisis

Mongabay
Oct 13, 2021, 11:52 am327 pts
Ostrich-shaped but elephant-sized, a species known as the elephant bird once roamed Madagascar’s tropical forests. But close to a thousand years ago, these giant birds slipped into extinction. Now all that remains of elephant birds are their fossilized skeletons and shards of their hard-shelled eggs. While…

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